BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.

BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Labels are 'hurting how we build health care for a lot of kids that have needs that cut across conditions.'
People with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without due to avoidable and unjust factors, according to a global report from the World Health Organization.
'Because I'm an electric wheelchair user, my high school gave me the option to dial out of gym, where they do general sex education.'
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
A study explores how hospital experiences can be traumatic for parents of children with complex medical problems.
'Every child deserves access to the benefits of play.'
Are there 'things we're doing in our health system that contribute to why a group of people is more likely to die young?'
Punjabi Kids' Health brings health and parenting information to 80,000 people in over 40 countries.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'Sometimes clinicians know a program works but can't show it. How do you prove it's valuable to funders?'
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150 Kilgour Road
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 1R8
Canada